I am currently a copywriter at Cheil, and I could not be more thrilled. Cheil has given me the opportunity to work on projects ranging from Aston Martin to K-POP all the way to our biggest client, Samsung. I've been lucky enough to focus on Gen Z projects, where I can embrace creativity and individuality. At Cheil, I lead our campus ambassador program and love every second of it. Can I get a "hell yeah?" That's our thing; I'm not just cursing for fun. Professionalism of LinkedIn and all.

It takes a special kind of confidence to pursue freelancing all alone before you have any professional advertising experience. Some might call it 'sheer gall', but it worked out in the end, so let's just call it confidence. All I knew was that I was hungry for the opportunity to learn, so I set out to find my own clients. I spent over two years serving clients and learning all about their needs. Pursuing freelancing at a young age and in the early stages of my career taught me so much about myself and what I wanted. The biggest lesson I learned is how to have confidence. I approached business owners on my own, and I became less and less afraid of failure or rejection. Over time, I became more skilled and even impressed myself. By the end of my freelancing career, I learned to approach social media as an opportunity to build a brand's story. I used strategy-enhanced copywriting to increase content interactions among my clients by an average of 11,248% within my first week. Not too shabby for a first-timer jumping in head first.

SWOOP is UNT's student-run advertising agency. In this internship, I worked as a copywriter on real projects for real brands. I got to work closely with art directors, strategists and more. This role taught me so much about agency life and gave me the chance to meet an amazing professor who is now my mentor. Shoutout to Mr. Ford!

In this internship, I learned how to work collaboratively with a team and deepened my knowledge of B-to-B marketing. I participated in client meetings, pitches and helped rebrand the Wovnelee agency. During my time on the team, I helped us find a new creative direction for Wovenlee and applied our vision through design elements, brand photoshoots, wardrobe styling, and, of course, copywriting.